Seductive Snakes and Asexual Angels: Queer Undercurrents in Harriet Prescott Spofford’s “Desert Sands” by H.J.E. Champion

“…Yet when one applies a thin layer of turpentine to the top layer of the canvas that makes up the narrative of “Desert Sands,” it becomes clear that there is another, much more unusual, image underneath. This article proposes a palimpsestic reading of the short story, one which attempts to underline the queer nature of the relationship between the muses Eos and Vespasia and goes on to pose questions about gender roles, deviant sexuality and transgression as related to women in the nineteenth century.…”
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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Gastrointestinal Bleeding: What a Surgeon Should Know by S. Popeskou, M. Gavillet, N. Demartines, D. Christoforidis

“…This paper presents to the surgical community an unusual and often ignored cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. …”
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Black-tailed Mosquito Culiseta melanura (Coquillett) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Eva Buckner, Angelique Showman, C. Roxanne Connelly

“…The black-tailed mosquito is unusual because it overwinters as larvae while most mosquito species overwinter as either adults or eggs. …”
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Good Outcome Following Copeland Hemiarthroplasty for Acromegalic Arthropathy by S. E. Johnson-Lynn, J. Candal-Couto

“…We report the unusual case of a patient with acromegalic arthropathy who presented with severe shoulder arthrosis with marked osteophytosis. …”
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Investigation into the Use of Macroporous Anion Exchangers for the Sorption and Separation of Iminodiacetate Complexes of Lanthanum(III) and Neodymium(III) by Halina Hubicka, Dorota Kolodyńska

“…Rare earth element complexes with iminodiacetic acid (IMDA) of the Ln(IMDA) − 2 type exhibit an unusual sequence of affinities for anion exchangers. …”
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An Asymptomatic Foreign Body in the Nose in an Eighteen-Year-Old Patient: Button Battery by Merih Onal, Gultekin Ovet, Necat Alatas

“…Foreign bodies lodged in the upper airway are a common occurrence in children. Many unusual foreign bodies in the nose have been reported as foreign bodies like nuts, plastic toy parts, beads, and so forth. …”
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Theoretical Basis for Classifying Hyperuniform States of Two-Component Systems by Hiroshi Frusawa

“…Hyperuniform states of matter exhibit unusual suppression of density fluctuations at large scales, contrasting sharply with typical disordered configurations. …”
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Isolated Native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Caused by Viridans Streptococcus by John Swiston, Stephen D Shafran, Narmin Kassam

“…Although there have been scattered reports of unusual organisms, to the authors' knowledge, this is the first case of viridans group streptococcal endocarditis involving only the tricuspid valve after dental manipulation.…”
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The ‘True’ Splenic Wanderer by R Kanthan, JM Radhi

“…Wandering spleen is an unusual entity and remains an elusive clinical diagnosis. …”
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La tête qui fume de l’église de Nārgā by Claire Bosc-Tiessé

“…In the church of Nārgā Śellāsē, built in the years 1738-50, a very unusual sculpture depicts a man smoking. This representation is surprising for we generally think that smoking was highly condemned in the Christian society. …”
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Multiple Extrauterine Adenomyomas Presenting in Upper Abdomen and Pelvis: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature by Mana Moghadamfalahi, Daniel S. Metzinger

“…Extrauterine adenomyomas are rare with only a few case reports available in the literature. Here, we report an unusual case of multiple adenomyomas in a 39-year-old woman six years after hysterectomy for multiple leiomyomata. …”
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Traumatic Bilateral Diaphragmatic Ruptures in a 6-Year-Old Boy by Sung Jin Kim, Hyuck Kim, Jun Ho Lee

“…Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture is an unusual finding that may occur after blunt trauma. …”
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Reversed Intestinal Rotation Presented as Bowel Obstruction in a Pregnant Woman by David Aranovich, Ilan Schrier

“…Postoperative recovery was unremarkable. Surgery for this unusual developmental anomaly is discussed.…”
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Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Setting of Malignancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Constantine N. Logothetis, Charles Pizanis

“…Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare condition that can be difficult to diagnose due to its vague and nonspecific symptoms. It is even more unusual to identify CVT in association with malignancy. …”
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: A rare manifestation of expanded dengue syndrome by Jaspreet Kaur, Jasmine Singh, Yuvraj Singh Cheema

“…Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a very unusual and rarely reported cause. The etiology of the acute abdomen along with nonresolving fever in dengue infection should be carefully diagnosed and managed accordingly. …”
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A Prolapsed Cecoureterocele in an Adult Treated Conservatively: Highly Rare, but Existent by Löcherbach Florian, Preusser Stefan, Meier Mark

“…In this case report, however, we present the unusual case of a 26-year-old woman suffering from a prolapsed cecoureterocele without any known history of an ectopic ureterocele so far. …”
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Pédaler pour de bonnes causes by Maïa Bouatouch Legrand

“…At last, this work reflects how the ramadan period offers an opportunity for women to experiment unusual mobilities when attached to a renewed form of performing the expected duty of charity.…”
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Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Robyn Thom, Polina Teslyar, Rohn Friedman

“…This article presents the case of a patient who presents to the emergency department with an unusual and elaborate web of deceptions along multiple themes including feigning medical illness, multiple losses, and grandiose academic and athletic achievements. …”
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Black-tailed Mosquito Culiseta melanura (Coquillett) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Eva Buckner, Angelique Showman, C. Roxanne Connelly

“…The black-tailed mosquito is unusual because it overwinters as larvae while most mosquito species overwinter as either adults or eggs. …”
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Brown Dog Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae) by Yuexun Tian, Cynthia Lord, Phillip E. Kaufman

“… The brown dog tick is unusual among ticks in that it can complete its entire life cycle indoors as well as outdoors. …”
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